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Thursday, January 24, 2013

Pokemon Challenge Week 2: Rapidash

Week two of the challenge is fire Pokemon. I chose Rapidash because I thought it would be fun to try his fiery mane as a gradient.

I started with two coats of Sally Hansen, Expres-so Yellow and then sponged on Wet n Wild, Sunny Side up and Spoiled, Hit the Breaks onto the tips. I'm not super impressed with my gradients yet, but I feel like I keep improving each time so hopefully someday I'll be a pro.

I painted my tiny Rapidash using a small nail art brush and Finger Paints, Don't Make A Scene.

Here's a shot of my right hand. It seems to be a trend these past couple weeks- my "wrong" hand is turning out almost better than my good one. I was in a hurry to finish up and not paying attention to blend the gradient smoothly. I think this hand ended up looking much more like flames than the other.